CVE-2022-22722
Published: 04 February 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-22722 is a high-severity Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CWE-798) vulnerability in Schneider-Electric Easergy P5 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 36.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-27865
Vulnerability details
A CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability exists that could result in information disclosure. If an attacker were to obtain the SSH cryptographic key for the device and take active control of the local operational network connected to the product…
more
they could potentially observe and manipulate traffic associated with product configuration. Affected Product: Easergy P5 (All firmware versions prior to V01.401.101)
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Enables users to notice when hard-coded credentials have been exploited for unauthorized access.
Security training explicitly warns against hard-coded credentials, lowering their use in systems.
Policy and procedures prohibit hard-coded credentials in favor of managed authentication.
External identity providers eliminate the need for hard-coded credentials in applications.
Changing default authenticators prior to first use and protecting content prevents use of hard-coded credentials.
Central credential stores and rotation policies remove the need for hard-coded credentials in configuration files or code.
Intelligence programs surface reports of campaigns that abuse hard-coded credentials in products, prompting removal or replacement and thereby reducing successful exploitation.
Planned investment enables secure credential storage and management systems instead of hard-coded credentials.